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Look Back: Eaux Claires 2016

Friday Aug. 19th, 2016

Eaux Claires 2016 was flooded with wonderful moments of musical madness, quiet reflection, community togetherness, and artistic experimentation. While we were out on the grounds taking it all in, our pal Anthony Casanova – an Eau Claire native and filmmaker now based in Chicago – was out there too, capturing those moments on video for Volume One. Watching Casanova’s gorgeous footage makes us want to go back and relive some of the amazing stuff we saw – or go back to see the stuff we missed. We hope it fills you with a similar nostalgia as we close the book on Eaux Claires Year Two, and as we start imagining the future of our area’s most unique music and arts festival.

Check out Bon Iver's entire 48-minute Friday night set from the 2016 Eaux Claires Music & Arts Festival, uploaded by "cookiecrumblemusic." Apart from the final three songs, the performance debut's Bon Iver's new album, 22, A Million.

The stages and speaker stacks have been packed away, the last Kind bars and Brewing Projekt beers have been consumed, the little orange journals have been tucked into hand-crafted memory boxes, and we’re easing our inevitable post-Eaux Claires cooldown by reliving ...

With a handful of stages pumping out tunes from a stunning expanse of genres, interactive art installations scattered in every nook and cranny of the grounds, secret stages, collaborative performances, noise, circuitry, and experimentation – the Eaux Claires Music & Arts Festival went bold this year, and never looked back ...

The new Bon Iver record, 22, A Million, comes out in almost exactly one month, but last night the band dropped another new single: A rollicking, melancholy track called 33 “GOD” – with all of its orchestral flourishes ...

Today, when unsuspecting Eaux Claires Music & Arts Festival presale ticket buyers opened their mailboxes, what should appear but an illustrious zine called Trois packed with abstract wintry images, poetically ...

Just over three months away, the Eaux Claires Music & Arts Festival announced their day-to-day lineup today for year three on June 16 and 17 with headliners Chance The Rapper, Paul Simon with yMusic, Wilco, Feist, and John Prine ...

We've taken many a photograph at past Eaux Claires Music & Arts Festivals, as all kinds of fantastic people converge upon the Chippewa Valley from around the world. Enjoy a handful of music fans who seem extra-at-home at Eaux Claires ...

With multiple stages and a diverse lineup of performers hand-picked by festival curators Justin Vernon (Bon Iver) and Aaron Dessner (The National), the 2016 Eaux Claires Music & Arts Festival (August 12 & 13) provided two days of fantastic live music ...

Over 20,000 people showed up for the 2016 Eaux Claires Music & Arts Festival (August 12 & 13). Attracted by the diverse lineup; headliner shows from Bon Iver, Erykah Badu, James Blake, and the all-star Day of the Dead tribute; and the promise of memorable art installations ...

Crafted by creative director Michael Brown, the 2016 Eaux Claires Music & Arts Festival (August 12 & 13) set out to be a unique experience for fest goers. It mixed a diverse lineup of music with ambitious art installations, striking stages, and a beautiful natural setting next to the Chippewa River.